I looked for a longneck in D (standard) once, and the only one I could find was an ovation, and it sounded awful! No "sing" to the voice, just a muddy growling mess.

Has anyone ever found a decent longneck D or baritone that rings and doesn't make the chords growl rather than sing?

My reason was to be able to play root chords rahter than capoing to the 9th fret and above, which resulted in the heel of the neck and the heel of my hand arguing!